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Cololabis adocetus (Saury)

Synonyms: Elassichthys adocetus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The saury (Cololabis adocetus) (not to be confused with the Pacific saury, which is related but a different species) is a member of the family Scomberesocidae, or the saury family. It is widespread in the Eastern Pacific in the surface waters, 0-0.5 m depth; its range can go as far as 1 meter in depth. It can grow to a size of about 5 cm. The saury generally lives in waters between 5 and 12 degrees C. The saury is a highly migratory fish.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Oceanodromous

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0